It's good for lowering pH/gH for shrimp, and it's not like plants don't like a lower pH as well. Depending on which aquasoil you get, they usually come with nutrients in them as well.

Note, it's loaded with ammonia at the start (great for a fishless cycle or feeding the plants when you first plant) but can be bad if you plan on dumping in the gravel and livestock the same day. It usually takes 3-6 weeks for the ammonia to quit leeching from the soil.

Its awesome as an active substrate. Especially for people like me with higher ph water that needs to get knocked down a tad.
Its great for growing plants and very easy to work with. At least compared to flourite and standard gravel

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